Folding kinematics expressed in fracture patterns: An example from the Anti-Atlas fold belt, Morocco

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1396-1404

  Ismat, Zeshan ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti Atlas; Buckle folds; Dihedral angle; Fractures; Morocco; Valley and Ridge

Indexed keywords

ANTI-ATLAS; DIHEDRAL ANGLE; FRACTURES; MOROCCO; VALLEY AND RIDGE;

LANDFORMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; RADAR ANTENNAS; SENSOR NETWORKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FRACTURE;

BUCKLING; DETACHMENT FAULT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; FRACTURE NETWORK; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; KINEMATICS;

AFRICA; ANTI ATLAS; APPALACHIANS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 54049148490     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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